Welcome to my Focus on Fishing website. Focus on Fishing is part of amBASSador Angling Services, a small company I started in 1986. It encompasses all my freelance outdoor writing, photography, fishing courses, seminars, tournament fishing, guiding excursions, consulting, product field testing, corporate fishing events and of late my Hooked on Fishing video clips. Look for regularly updated articles and fishing information that will help you catch more fish and hopefully entertain you at the same time. Thanks for visiting and I hope you cast a line here often.

SPECIAL NOTE: Wil sits on the organizing committee for the 2020 Sun City Swim, originally scheduled for Aug. 22nd. He hints that even though the event with a large public gathering on the 22nd is unlikely to happen – something is in the works for swimmers to still enjoy time in the water swimming to raise funds for the local Animal Control in Orillia. Stay tuned for details which Wil will post here and on his social media channels. For now … please enjoy this article on Wil’s 2019 Sun City Swim:

Fall 2019: It was our last morning fishing beautiful northern Lake Huron out from Blue Heron Resort on the Spanish River. The rocky terrain was quite similar to that of this Great Lake’s Georgian Bay way to the south where fishing partner Doug Wadden and I have each spent far more time; yet in some respects it’s even more rugged and displays far less sign of human activity. Every morning we would be blessed with an eagle sighting followed by tremendous success catching smallmouth bass.

For many years now, I have been fortunate enough to enjoy the early catch and release bass fishing season that New York State has to offer. Trips to lakes like Chautauqua or Oneida at the end of May or early June were a great way to get a head start on the late opener we have throughout southern and central Ontario where I live and usually fish. When an opportunity however arose to experience and promote some of this province’s home grown, fully legit, year round open bass season – in an area of the province I where I haven’t spent a great deal of time … I jumped at it.

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Corporate Fishing Events

Is your company looking for something different to thank employees for all their hard work? Are the typical golf outings or golf tournaments growing a little old? Are you and they ready for something new and exciting? Then why not consider a corporate fishing event, with Wil Wegman as your host and key organizer. More Info

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So the other day I decided to hold off fishing Lake Simcoe's Cooks Bay until later in the afternoon. I wanted to see if the deepwater largemouth bite was better later in the day - because so far this September, it's been non existant. As I turned off Hwy 11 at Churchill, I saw a man walking along the road, who quickly decided to stick out his thumb when he saw me and my boat. Why, after at least 20 years of sadly passing by hitchikers, I instinctively pulled off the paved road onto the gravelly shoulder is beyond me. We've all become far more atune to the high risks of both hitchiking and picking up random hitchikers, but I did both quite frequently in my younger days- with a couple of fond memories to show for it. Maybe i stopped this time because he looked so determined to get somewhere and I felt that hitchiking was not his regular means of travel. Perhpas it was simply I was tired of not trusting my gut instincts ... who the heck knows the real reason why, but I unlocked the passenger side door and he gingerly climbed in.